ent authority from the Eleventh Circuit also confirms that a party who fails to address an issue in an opening brief has "abandoned" it. Topping v. U.S. Dept of Education, 2013 WL 656786 at *2 (11th Cir. Feb. 22, 2013) (citing Timson v. Sampson, 518 F.3d 870, 874 (11th Cir.2008)). As the Court is aware, this case pre